EA addresses Battlefield 3 server scarcity reports

I'm getting really close to thinking online games are just to complicated with different versions and fees to be worth it. You're also gambling that people will still be playing it online when you are. Great game if you can figure out how to install it and actually get into a server though.

Well I live in Western Australia and there are only 2 servers in that region, one of which doesn't have a region filter and is full of Russians (actual Russians, not the team) with 400+ ping lagging out the server and causing it to crash. I've never even seen an official DICE server for the entire AUS/NZ region. I play on PC. Does this mean I should be reimbursed as I've paid the same as everyone else and gotten half the service? I'm starting to feel so.

so BF3 will soon be a noob based game, and i was planning to buy this game, Darn it!!!!

Also EA is the worst of the money grubbing rats out there. They nickle and dime the players to death. Online passes, shortcut packs (optional), rent a sever and I bet you they will somehow implement a fee or some why to buy a permanent server slot. Hey Dice just letting you know not to stray away too far when your on EA's leash, don't want to get choked now. I don't respect either company because all they want my money in exchange for bad service.

For me BF3 was a major disappointment and its one of the few games I probably should not have bothered with. Its servers are not very helpful in trying to make the game enjoyable either. Same crappy EA servers that have always been there.

I like how that guy's comment simultaneously denied server shut down and confirmed less "free" server availability. When EA first announced streamlined server rental, I predicted at some point all BF players will pay a recurring fee to play, either to rent their own server or to pay for a guaranteed spot on other servers. I am now more certain of that than ever. It kinda makes all those who expected to BF to continue as buy-to-play, including myself, look like chumps, doesn't it? :)

I have always had a problem trying to get into a game on BF3, thus that is why I quit playing.....

Fix the 7.62 rounds, and I'll come back.

People are actually paying to rent servers? No wonder EA has no respect for us.

Good news. Though I prefer official servers, I'm starting to dig the private servers as well. I just discovered there are several "mic-only" private servers, and they are great fun, since most everybody has a mic with voip set to team. I played about 8 hours straight yesterday in a server like that, and I don't feel like going back to the "quiet" official servers.

Looking forward to the upcoming dlc, and I hope they announce something like COD elite soon...BF3 ftw!

Looking forward to it & the price too

About fucking time. I'm glad I didn't trade in this in just yet; they better fix this problem, too, because it's the most bullshit reason I've ever experienced for making me want to stop playing such a great game. It went from highly entertaining to utter junk when this happened: how greedy could they possibly be? There better be a high percentage of DICE servers set aside, or I'll be trading this game in, with bells on.

I stopped playing console for ahwile because of this. Tired of playing on servers where someone could just boot you if they want or where the map cycle consists of 2 maps with 500% tix.

i always have trouble finding a server with space left in it and it seems there arent enough

A percentage of the servers will be DICE servers? What percentage, pray tell?

if warfighter is going to be the baby of battlefield and socom II....then i'll just save my money for that.

Meh, the last patch pretty much broke the game anyway :(

They really need to let half of the servers be rented out and the other half kept for EA official servers. Most of the servers are all set up identical anyway - 1500 ticket conquest Metro or it's a conquest rotation with 300-500% tickets. Makes me want to barf. How do people enjoy playing the same map for over an hour on just one map???